Background

Dr. William J. Harding, also known as Bill, Ph.D., serves as a Managing Director and Group Co–Leader of Information Technology at VantagePoint Capital Partners. Dr. Harding joined VantagePoint Capital Partners in 2007. He serves as Chief Strategy Officer at This is Global Limited, he previously served as Group Strategy and Development Director at the firm. Dr. Harding serves as Chief Strategy Officer, Development Director, and Director at Global Radio Limited since July ... 2006. He served as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Co. Dr. Harding focused on information technology investments. Prior that, he served as a General Partner at J.H. Whitney & Co., LLC, where he spent nine years. Dr. Harding served as Managing Member and President at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners. He served as a Managing Member at Crossmark Equity Partners, where he worked from 1994 to 2007. Dr. Harding was also involved with Blaze Software, Commerce One, InterWave Communications, and Persistence Software. He was associated with Amdahl Corporation and Honeywell International Inc. serving in various technical and business development roles. Dr. Harding served as an officer in the Military Intelligence Branch of the United States Army Reserves. He has been a Director of IntelePeer, Inc. since October 2008. Dr. Harding also serves as a Director of Identified, Inc., Zvents, Inc., BT Counterpane, Inc., Tymphany Corporation, Global Radio UK Ltd., This is Global Limited, Nexsan Technologies, Inc., and Perceptive Software. He served as a Director at Standard Media International Inc., Evolv, Inc., HyPerformix, Inc., Novalux, Inc., Fujitsu IT Holdings, Inc., PolicyOne, Inc., Luminous Networks, Inc., ProtoStar Ltd., Sendmail, Inc., iPolicy Networks, Inc., Respond Networks, Inc., FormFactor Inc., and CO Liquidation Inc. Dr. Harding served as a Director of Internap Corporation since January 1999, Aviza Technology, Inc. since November 27, 2007 and Blaze Advisor since June 1996. He has more than 22 years of experience in venture capital. Dr. Harding received a Ph.D. in Engineering focused on Computer Science and Operations Research from Arizona State University in 1975 and also received an M.S. degree in Systems Engineering in 1970 and a B.S. degree in Engineering Mathematics in 1969 from the University of Arizona.

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